Free speech
OPINION: The Free Speech Union is taking this one too far.
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford delivered his annual report at its annual meeting in Wellington last week. Here's what he said:
OPINION: It was Federated Farmers' turn last week to play host to another round in the battle for rural votes in the upcoming October elections.
Hauraki farmer Amber Carpenter has been named the new chair of the Dairy Environment Leaders group.
OPINION: One of the world's biggest ice cream companies is accused of selling ice cream in Russia thereby helping finance the country's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.
OPINION: Former DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle apparently had a dozen job offers in the past few weeks - all from farmers offering him farm assistant jobs!
OPINION: We recently stumbled upon a very old copy of the New Zealand Herald, dated May 21, 1952.
OPINION: There will be a few happy and relieved Fonterra farrmers in Otorohanga.
Southland farmers say forced rules enforcements around winter grazing is just a "box ticking exercise".
DairyNZ is working on a project to engage better with Māori dairy farmers and in a way that has meaning to them.
A review of Fonterra's Farm Source retail business that could reduce the co-op's face-to-face interaction with farmer shareholders is causing concern.
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Dairy prices have fallen to three-year lows thanks to strong supply and weak demand, mainly for whole milk powder (WMP) from China.
Federated Farmers president, Wayne Langford says it was good to hear from the politicians and to learn more about international trade and consumer trends from other keynote speakers at last week's NZ Primary Industries Summit.
The leaders of Labour and National took up the challenge to win rural voters in a head-to-head clash at last week's Federated Farmers annual conference in Wellington.
After struggling for years to secure capital, a proposed greenfield milk plant project in King Country has collapsed.
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